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Mr Peter Bedford vs Heidi Alexander

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

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Mr Peter Bedford
Con Mid Leicestershire
vs
Photograph of Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Mr Peter Bedford and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 275 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 259 different votes 275 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
3 Aye 8 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
4 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
4 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

73.1%
same as average
Rank 359 of 649
Participation
63.1%
10% below average
Rank 540 of 649
431
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
372
590 eligible divisions
194
45.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
174
46.8% of votes cast
237
55.0% of votes cast
No votes
198
53.2% of votes cast
15
3.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

63
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649
Appearances
65
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 649
75
-68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 649
Contributions
547
+403.5 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£238,962
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£238,962
6% above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21% below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#3
Transport
25 of 29 votes
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
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